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The E.U Parliament has upheld a decision not to allow the screening of Geert Wilders anti-Islam production Fitna. The move has raised cries of censorship from supports of the film. While the parliament’s presidency said the decision was taken in March 2008 with the approval of party leaders.

Geert Wilders plans on screening the film during the run up to the European elections in June 2009:

“The EU parliament prevented the showing on Wednesday of an anti-Islamic film made by far-right Dutch MP Geert Wilders, bringing cries of censorship from the British eurodeputy who organised the screening.

“The banning of this film is a direct attack on free speech,” said British MEP Gerard Batten, who had organised the event, though officials pointed out that parliamentary leaders had banned the film from being shown in their Strasbourg building back in March.

“A parliament that constantly talks of freedom, democracy and tolerance has shown once again that these are empty words when it does not agree with what is being said,” added Batten, a member of the eurosceptic UK Independence Party (UKIP).

…A spokeswoman for the parliament’s presidency said the decision not to allow the film to be shown had been taken by parliamentary president Hans-Gert Poettering and party leaders back in March, after it caused “problems” when shown in the Netherlands….

…Wilders, who was in the parliament building hoping to see the film in a screening room, said he intended to present it during European parliamentary elections next June.

“We are in discussion with other parties,” he said, without giving details.” (Source: AFP)

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